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NEW PUBLICATIONS.

5 The November number of the Magazine
OF Art" is one of unusual excellence, and it
has some special features that add to its at
fractions. The frontispiece is an etching
from painting by Emile Wauters, 1.-The
Madness of Hugo Van der Goes" This
painting was the sensation of the Brussels
Salon of 1872, and tells with extraordinary
power the story of Van Eycks unfortunate
pupil who when mad for loves sake, and
took refuge In monastery. The leading
article is on NJ. Wauters, and in it we are
gwen facsimile in sanguine of sketches
from his portfolio besides page eugray-
ing from one of his famous paintings,
some of his other best known pictures and
portrait of himself This is followed by an
interesting paper on Heine as an Art
Critic" The other articles are OF high
value, but we cannot enumerate them.
Cassell d Co. are making the magazine an
indispensable companion to lovers of art
works and composition.
The American Catholic Quarterly Re-
view for October-December, presents
these papers: Has Professor Huxley's
Mission been Failure?n Rev. S. Fitz-
simmons: Peace, the Sword, and Arbi-
tration, A. F. Marshall, BA; Protest
antism in SPAIN J. I. Rodriguez; "Sci-
ence or Bumblepuppy Professor Thomas
Wright, Md; "Some Aspects of Private
Fortunes" E. w. Gillian, LID; "Was
the Papacy in Commission" Arthur II.
cullen; accommodation" Rt. Rev.
James A. Corcoran, DID,; The Inquisi-
ton Mythology" Rev. r. S. Dewey, ST.:
" No Actual Need of Catholic Party in
the United States" John Culinary Shea,
LID; "The Charge of Heresy against
Dante" Rev. Reuben Parsons, DID. The
Sign Of the Cross" Ellis Schreiber; 1.-The
Las: Irish Struggle" Thomas Power O'Con-
nor. NJ P; Scientific Chronicle" Rev. ].
NJ. Degni, 81. Hardie e. Mahoney, Phila-
delphia.
Drum beat of the Nation is hand
some quarto volume, richly illustrated, and
treats of the first period of the War of the
Rebellion from its outbreak to the close of
1862. 1t is by Charles Carleton Coffin,
author of The Boys of To- and is in
tended for the reading of youths of from
II TO 16. 1t is one of the best arranged
volumes on the war and one of the most
attractiyely written books on the Rebellion
it has been our fortune to see. Not that it
is or pretends to be an exhaustive history,
bat it is book clearly presenting the great
events leading up to the war, the causes
results, and the foremost incidents and
happenings of the first period of the war
For young people more faithful work on
the Rebellion could scarcely be selected as
Introductory to later and more detailed
reading. Harper 4 Bros, New ork; The
Bancroft Company, San Francisco.
A Short History of Architecture is a
work by Arthur Lyman Tuckerman, is
from the press of Chas. Scribner's Sons,
and sells at 81 so. 1t meets the require
ments of those who wish to become ac-
quainted with the main facts without hav-
ing to read voluminous works, many of
which are addressed, not to the student,
but TO the connoisseur, who is presumed
at the start to have knowledge of the
subject sufficient to enable him to compre-
hend critical and theoretical essays. The
plan adopted has been to trace the origin of
each style, its characteristic points and its
connection with those which preceded and
succeeded it, without introducing techni-
cal terms or any but the most important
dates. Mr.. Tuckerman has well-succeeded
in this design and given US in brief form
work clear, without surplusage, and full
of interest.
Living Lights" is a delightful book for
young people, by Chas. Frederick Holder
1t treats of phosphorescent animals and
vegetables. 1t is profusely illustrated, is in
quarto form, sells az 81, and would make
an admirable present for youth. There
is no heaviness about the text; it is ali
made attractive as science may be, and is
replete with useful information that will
incite the young to inquire for further
light. New York Charles Scribner's Sons.
San Francisco: The Bancroft Company.
An Unknown Country" is quarto by
the iamented author of "John Halifax,
Gentleman" 1t is illustrated by Frederick
Noelpaton, and is issued in handsome form
by Harper Bros, New York. San Fran
cisco: The Bancroft Company. 1t was ey-
identity written with view 10 being read
by the young as well as the adult. 1t is an
account of trips from Antrim to Cushen-
dale, thence to Cushendun, to the Giants
Causeway, to Londonderry and finally to
Gweedore ana Carrick
OF CasselPs National Library series we
have from &. S. Houghton, Sacramento,
No. 90 for November 5th, Human Nature
and Other Sermons" by Joseph Butler,
Bishop of Durham. This Library is
growing in importance and public favor
with each number. 1t is issued weekly at
the insignificant figure of 10 cents-and
each book, if bound in cloth and put up in
fat lines and type, would command the
price of octavos-from 81 to ST so.
"The Rose of Paradise" is a quaint
novel by Howard Pyle 1t is told as the
tale of adventures at sea with pirates in
1920. 1t is an admirably written story and
dramatic in its character. Harper & Bros,
New York The Bancroft Company, San
Francisco.
Beeehen Ballads" by Rev. J. E. Ran
ken, d. d is in pamphlet form and issued
by John D. Alden, New York.